The image is made of a root covered with moose
hide, with fringe at the outer margin. According to the
Evenks, the spirit of hunting resides inside the semi-oval. It
was used in rituals to achieve success in hunting and
to obtain the vital forces of nature.

Evenk.
Transbaikalia, Nerchinsky District, near the village
of Kykery, late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.